David Spring for State House!

 Working to build Better Schools and a Better Economy        

For a Better Future for Everyone!                                

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“As a parent and teacher, I believe our community deserves better, more effective representation in Olympia. Our middle class pay some of the highest State taxes in the nation, yet our kids are forced to attend some of the lowest funded most over crowded schools. Money that should go towards schools instead has been diverted - by my opponent and others in our corporate controlled legislature - into billions of dollars in tax breaks for wealthy multi-national corporations - who then ship our jobs overseas. It is time to elect a representative who understands the needs of working families. I will work for quality schools, economic security and fairer taxes.” 
 
The 2010 election is extremely important for the future of our economy and the future of our children:
  • This election will determine whether we restore school funding so that one million school children will have a chance for an adequate education – or instead stand by and do nothing as thousands of teachers lose their jobs. 
  • This election will determine whether we rebuild our economy - or continue to allow thousands of hard working families and small business owners to lose their jobs, their homes, their health care and their life savings.
  • This election will determine whether we roll back corporate welfare or continue towaste billions of dollars on tax breaks for wealthy multi-national corporations that bribe our State legislature and outsource our jobs.
  • This election will determine whether we reign in political corruption in Olympia  - or continue to allow corporate lobbyists to sell elections to the highest bidder - who turn around and give away billions in tax breaks to their corporate bosses.
 
We are facing one of the greatest economic challenges in our nation’s history. Thousands of people have lost their jobs due an economy crippled by the fact that the richest one percent now control 90% of our nation’s wealth. Thousands of small businesses are on the edge of bankruptcy because their customers no longer have the income to shop at their stores. Thousand of families have lost their homes due to predatory lending practices. Thousands more have lost their health insurance - and some have even lost their life - in order to feed the greed of Wall Street executives. And thousands of senior citizens have lost their life savings due to stock market swindles.
 
Here in East King County, we are at Ground Zero of this crisis. Our middle class pay some of the highest State taxes in the nation – over $1,000 per family per year ABOVE the national average.  This is the price every family in Issaquah, Sammamish, North Bend, Snoqualmie and Maple Valley are paying for the corporate corruption in Olympia.
 
At the same time, our kids are forced to attend some of the lowest funded and most overcrowded schools in the nation. The Issaquah, Snoqualmie Valley and Tahoma School Disticts are three of the lowest funded school districts in the United States! Our public schools are funded at a rate which is $1,000 per pupil below the State average and $3,000 per pupil per year below the national average. This is the price our children are paying for the corporate corruption in Olympia.
 
Finally, even though small businesses generate two out of every three new jobs in our State, and have close community ties, they are forced to pay State Business and Occupation taxes are rates which are often two to three times the rate of multi-national corporations – corporations whose only loyalty is to short term greed regardless of the consequences to our local communities.
 
This summer, things will get even worse as thousands of teachers lose their jobs and thousands of small businesses are forced to close their doors – causing even more families to lose their jobs, their homes and their savings.
 
It does not have to be this way. If we all work together to win this election, we can:
  1. Restore School Funding to the National Average – permitting us to hire thousands of teachers instead of firing thousands of teachers - and giving our kids a fair chance at a successful future.
  2. Reduce State taxes on our Middle Class downto the National average – saving every family over $1,000 per year. This will give families more money to spend on local businesses which will help jump start our economy.
  3. Rebuild our Economy by reducing small business taxes to the national average – allowing small businesses to compete on a level playing field with multi-national corporations. Helping small businesses will restore over one hundred thousands jobs here in Washington State – allowing families to earn pay checks instead of unemployment checks.
  4. Roll back corporate welfare to the national average. Tax exemptions have skyrocketed during the past 10 years – from $20 billion dollars a year in 2000 to $50 billion dollars a year today.  Requiring mega corporations to pay their fair share of State taxes will generate $10 billion dollars a year which can be used to restore school funding back up to the national average, as well as lower middle class and small business taxes back down to the national average.
 
This election is not merely about whether the 5th District will be represented by a Republican or a Democrat. Both political parties claim they support public schools. Yet both political parties have cut billions of dollars in school funding and diverted it into billions of dollars of corporate welfare for some of the richest corporations in the history of the world.
 
This election is about whether we will continue with the failed corrupt corporate dominated policies that got us into this economic mess – or whether we will go in a new direction which focuses on better schools, a stronger economy and a brighter future for all of us.
 
I am a teacher, a parent, a small business owner and a long time resident of East King County. I am a volunteer for my daughter’s Elementary School PTA and I have served on King County and Washington State Planning Commissions. I hope you will not only vote for me, but call and email your friends and neighbors and encourage them to support me. Together we can and will restore school funding, rebuild our economy and provide a brighter future for all of us.
 
In the following pages of this website, I provide further details on what I mean by corporate corruption in Olympia and how we can take back our communities from corporate corruption. I hope you will take the time to read these pages as they explain about what is really going on in Olympia. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer to help out our campaign. I appreciate your support.
 
Regards, David Spring M. Ed.
Director, Fair School Funding Coalition
PO Box 57 North Bend WA 98045